The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bournemouth region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 21 24 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing VPN 5 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 3.817% 2.113% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.71% 11.54% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £210 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £11.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £17.75 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+49.29% +10.93%
All Communications & Networking
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
34 26 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 25.95% 18.31% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 9
Average daily rate £245 £375 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.66% -1.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £335 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £375 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £21.75 £27.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.90% -31.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
VPN
Dorset

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Bournemouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bournemouth VPN Jobs Demand Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VPN across the Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing VPN also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VPN.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) Information Management
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (60.00%) Avaya
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) Handset
3 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (60.00%) Blackberry
3 3 (60.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (60.00%) Network Management
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) MCDST
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) MCSE

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth region citing VPN also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VPN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (60.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Desktop Support
2 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Rollout Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Blackberry
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (60.00%) Handset
2 1 (20.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Management
2 3 (60.00%) Network Management
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) MCSE
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (40.00%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 3 (60.00%) Avaya
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) HP
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Rate: £10.00 - £12.00 per annum
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